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Knit Coffee Sleeve
September 15, 2007 By 25 Comments
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[...] Idealist serves up your favorite coffee, wrapped pretty with a knit coffee sleeve. Just one little, but brilliant, idea that’s decorative, crafty and reusable which helps reduce the every-day waste that litters the planet. [...]
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[...] Knit Coffee via idealist.blinkr.net [...]
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That’s fantastic. I’m going to knit one right now.
So stylish and you get to cut down on paper waste!
love it , this is so nice… will not mixed up cups anymore, great idea for x’mass present
it look so good!
I’m not able to knit, but I’ll ask my grandma
they should sell this in starbucks.
YES!!! This is the right one!!
Agree..they should sale it in starbuck
and exactly how this is environmentally friendly [link]? if you ask me, a knit band on a disposable cup is an exercise in hypocrisy. why not a re-usable cup? this is just really, really
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There are also great coffee sleeves at:
http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_type=tag_title&search_query=coffee%20sleeve
They have a wide variety of materials and shapes.
This is “sustainable” how? By putting a frilly little sleeve on a disposable cup? Get a REUSABLE MUG. Man, people will use the idea of environmentalism to hawk anything these days. What a wrongheaded idea.
looks like a very good idea, but, be careful cup could slide right thru.
i wholeheartedly concur with Mave and Kelly.
take the idea a step further and get yourself a thermos.
then, maybe you could knit up a cozy for it to sling it over your shoulder. that would be time and resource much better utilized.
100% agree with Kelly,
get yourself a thermos.
but if you still love the look and feel of this idea, and you don’t have knitting skills, you can do it by recycling and cutting old socks.
This is a damn good little prezzie to make for all my friends who cannot start the day without a Starbucks. Thank you! x
Cute idea, but where are the instructions for knit one, purl two or whatever? I can probably con someone into making me one if I can give them a pattern.
Wondferful idea! Even if some claim that this isn’t environmentally friendly still. Just remember – so are the cars we use, the computers we throw out and so on and so on. It’s at least one step closer to being environmentally friendly.
great idea am actually trying to knit these for friends as presents…but am still trying to teach myself how to cable we’ll see how it goes. any recs. for yarn? cheap is good but not cheap feeling?
thanks.
Using a reusable coffee sleeve on a disposable cup is clearly better than using *both* disposable sleeve and cup. We should encourage even small steps in the right direction. If one damns those who make some effort, but haven’t yet reached a standard one holds for oneself, one demonstrates arrogance *and* risks alienation of those who might be brought to do more in the future. At least recommend using a reusable cup in an ecouraging fashion instead of ridiculing the idea that a reusable sleeve is environmentally friendly! Sheesh….
I’m with Jan,
you must thing in big numbers…
How many starbucks shops are out there? … 2000?
how many coffes sell each shop every day? … 500?
this would make the frightening amount of 1Milion carton sleeves saved.. a DAY!
Think big.
Beautiful!! It is far more likely that you would carry this with you than it would be for you to have a reusable cup at your disposal.
Now if only it were available in a crochet pattern!
Quit coffee. More problems solved than any of you would care to believe.
How could I get a pattern for something like this? I LOVE this idea so much.
Actually over 15,000 starbucks worldwide. redo the math and it would save a considerable amount of cardboard on a daily basis.
You can also find some inexpensive and fun sleeves at the Coffee Cozy Cafe:
http://www.coffeecozycafe.com
I’ve been looking and looking for a classy Starbucks cozy for my daughter and this is PERFECT!!!!!! I fell in love with it the minute I saw it, and grabbed my needles and yarn. Within a couple of hours I had an amazing cozy that she will adore! It is exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!